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Given a choice between dunkers and and 3-point bombers, I'll take muscle-flexing beasties every time. Which is why I like Purdue's chances for making more postseason noise than Indiana. The Boilermakers convinced this skeptic when they swept Indiana by winning at Bloomington Thursday, something they've managed only 10 times in 41 trips to Assembly Hall. Now 7-1 since Jan. 24, they've limited four of their last six Big Ten victims to 60 points or fewer. Remember this is the same team that gave up 94 and 89 points in back-to-back December losses to Notre Dame and Gardner Webb and also lost to North Florida. Suddenly suffocating, coach Matt Painter's defense...

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Given a choice between dunkers and and 3-point bombers, I'll take muscle-flexing beasties every time. Which is why I like Purdue's chances for making more postseason noise than Indiana.The Boilermakers convinced this skeptic when they swept Indiana by...

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J.J. Hardy and Nelson Cruz each hit a home run off White Sox left-hander Chris Sale, and the Sox never led in an 8-2 loss to the Orioles to open a three-game series Monday at U.S. Cellular Field. The Sox pulled within 3-2 in the seventh,...

No. 3 Rangers: 28th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Yankees.
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